Why did I wake up too early this morning?

[3rdragon]

I woke up at 7:30 this morning. Or 6:30, depending on how you think about it. Which is WAY too early to be up on a Sunday morning, particularly a Sunday morning following the week I've had. Particularly a Sunday morning following the week I've had when I spent an hour and a half last night watching light move and following considerably less of the conversation than usual. Particularly a Sunday with last week and last night and the fact that I was extremely teary all yesterday, which is a sure sign that I haven't gotten enough sleep (or that I'm miserably unhappy, but in this case it was the sleep).

Last night was the time change! I was looking forward to being able to sleep in without really sleeping in, and finally having enough sleep. And it should be stated that I did get enough sleep for last night, a good nine hours or so, but I think that it would have behooved me to spend this morning catching up on other sleep I hadn't gotten.

And while I'm complaining about things, why do most of my friends have the annoying habit of rambling on about things that I really don't care about? (or that I have only a very mild interest in and don't care that much about?) I thought it was bad in high school, with the Buffy obsession. Then last year everyone was talking about Vampire, and I realized that having just one friend ranting isn't really that bad, because she doesn't have anyone to bounce off of and escalate with. So last year we set the moratorium, and I cultivated friendships with people whose every other word did not relate to game. Now this year, those friends I made while avoiding the LARP? They're all talking about The Window! Constantly. And I hear from all their characters, too. And this is worse than last year, because I hang out with one group of them, and they tell me about an in-game incident. And then later, another person will join us, and I'll hear all about it from her character's perspective! And they say that I shouldn't hang out with them if I don't want to hear about game, but I made friends with them before they joined this crazy rpg, darnit! And I liked hanging out with them.

As you can tell, I'm feeling rather grumpy right now. I'm also feeling very hungry. These two things are probably related. However, since I only had one proper meal yesterday, and a distinct shortage of hot food, I really don't want to go to the continental breakfast and munch on stale bagels and cold cereal. Also, I still need to read the last third of El Collar De La Paloma, but I don't want to do that, either. Maybe I'll get dressed and borrow Inda from the SSFFS library, and then sit in Chase/Duckett and glower at passersby until hot food emerges. Who knows, I might even get lucky and the dining hall staff with have forgotten to change the clocks. Probably not. But they might take pity on us if there are enough hungry time-changed people and set it out a bit early.

Comments

[chocochan.livejournal.com]

Hm... perhaps a protest is in order? Because it really isn't considerate to constantly talk at length about a subject that some of the people present can neither understand nor discuss. It'd be okay every once in a while, but... rest assured, you are not the only one who is frustrated. Maybe we should discuss this with them together, and come to some sort of agreement vis a vis occasionally engaging in conversations that don't make some participants feel left out.

Today seems like a good day for food-cooked-outside-a-dining-hall. Give me a call if you want to go grab something before brunch (I think you have my number, but if not, it's on Facebook).

[3rdragon]

Unfortunately, I'm actually coming to understand some of the game references. I do not consider this to be progress in a positive direction.

Today might have been a good day for not-dining-hall-food. But I didn't get this until right now, so I went to the Otelia Cromwell soul-food lunch after the Chapel service.

[vorindi]

I feel like I ought to post a letter of apology or something in response to this. You'd think I'd be better about not talking about game, given that I was one of the "I don't know what they're talking about, but they're biting each other and it's scary" people last year.

Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be the case. I'll try harder to make Lucian shut up when I'm around people who aren't in the game, and to refrain from going over in-game anecdotes, but I don't promise it'll entirely work. These things seem to be very good at taking over one's life.

So, um, helpful ideas? Not sure I actually have any. I'm strongly tempted to recommend the addition of more Doctor Who into our lives, because clearly that would give us something acceptable to talk about.

[3rdragon]

If you find a time turner, I'll happily watch more Dr. Who. Or more The Tenth Kingdom. Because that was fun, too.

[kadharonon.livejournal.com]

We love you too, Miriam.

I like Constance's suggestion of more Tenth Kingdom, because clearly, that needs to be done. You must see the rest! Mmmh, Wolfy goodness.

I will also try and stop talking about the Window around you. It's just... there are so many damn triggers. If you can live with myself and Constance sometimes pausing to look at each other meaningfully and giggle, and if that were the only interjection of game...

We'll try. I'm sorry we're terrible people.

[3rdragon]

Actually, that was my suggestion of more Tenth Kingdom.

No, you aren't terrible people. That's the trouble. If you were, then I would just ditch the lot of you and consider it to be the best of a bad job. But you're not, which produces dilemmas.

[vorindi]

Madison's icon is entirely the expression I wanted to have during my earlier reply here. And I need to do something about the font size in this text box, because it is DREADFUL. This is what I get for starting to use a different browser, really.

I think what we are is situationally terrible people. But I do agree about seeing the end of the Tenth Kingdom at some point being a good idea (there must have been a better way to arrange those words, but I really don't feel like going back and figuring out what it was). And if ever I find a time turner, I will be sure to let you know.